Out if elected officials wont do it themselves. If state and local policies do not reflect the seriousness, all Public Health officials must alert the state population. 2600 americans dead yesterday. That is the secondhighest, but there is good news on the horizon. The head of operation warp speed says 100 million americans may be vaccinated by february. The uk just became the first nation in the west to approve the Pfizer Vaccine. The fda is expected to take up possible approval of the Pfizer Vaccine in the United States at a meeting next week. The head of the governments operation warp speed says once approved the vaccine will be available within 48 hours to Healthcare Workers and to people in assisted living facilities. Our sarah murray is joining us now. Sarah, this is a huge undertaking. Talk to us about whast challengchallenge s are. This is a very big undertaking and its all moving quickly. The Fda Advisory Committee will concern the first vaccine on december 10th, and the hope
Just watching live television. This is no written jokes. To be that funny, you have to have a very deep understanding of the moment and of history and politics and shes just a marvel. Shes amazing. Highlight of my year. I agree. All top of the dome comes from her passion, her joy, her soul but its so fast and hilarious. I mean it, if you get it back and want half an hour of the beat well give it to you, nicole. Nice to see you. Thank you, my friend. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber. Donald trump hammers at american democracy. Late today democratic lawyers are hitting back. I can show it to you. Theyre at the Supreme Court. They are taking names and going up against what we reported on to be clear a largely frivolous and tardy republican suit that argues joe bidens win should be reversed even though they blew through the certification deadlines. This is still a big deal at the court that has to get resolved asked the Supreme Court to toss it and throw out the texas case that is backed
This meeting on Pfizers Covid vaccine being considered today. An Fda Advisory Panel is holding an allday meeting right now. A vote will be held later today on weather to authorize the vaccine for emergency use in the United States. If it gets the okay, which is expected, the First Americans could be vaccinated within days. This morning, a member of the Advisory Board laid out the significance of this meeting. Today we will be considering whether to make available to millions of americans an as yet investigational vaccine that has been developed, tested and reviewed in record time. We will have a single question for the committee to vote on. The question is, based on the totality of Scientific Evidence available, do the benefits of the Pfizer Vaccine outweigh its risks for use in individuals 16 years of age and older. Contrast this hope with the sad reality that the country just had the worse day in the history of the pandemic. The numbers really are staggering, more than 3,100 deaths w
Republicans join the president s attempt to overturn his election laws, the attorney who has defeated trump 55 times since election day joins me live. Mark elias on the latest Supreme Court stunt when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes in the midst of our Long National nightmare whgts darker and worse by the day, the u. S. Hit a new alltime Record Number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus today, 107,000. We also had 214,000 new cases and for the second day in a row over 3,000 people recorded dead from covid. Amidst all the darkness, a ray of light today, a real ray of light. Just within the last couple hours, t hours, the Vaccine Advisory Panel for the food and Drug Administration voted to recommend an emergency use authorization for the Pfizer Biontech vaccine. 17 out of 22 members agreeing that based on the totality of Scientific Evidence available, the benefits the vaccine outweigh its risks for use in individuals 16 years of age and older.
Confirmation would face some early challenges on capitol hill as some lawmakers are raising concerns that austin has not been retired from active duty long enough to honor the tradition and the law mandating civilian control of the military. Indeed, his confirmation would require a waiver from that law. President elect biden is also gearing up for a handful of other major announcements in the coming days, including two more cabinet members, tom vilsack, and marcia fudge as housing and urban secretary. The president elect spent most of his speech today mostly defending austin and the unique qualifications that austin would b bring to the leadership. Thats right, and he also a addressed this issue of a waiver head on, asking congress to authorize a waiver for his choice for defense secretary, lo lloyd austin, to serve. These types of waivers are so rare, and some democrats on the hill have already expressed reservations about granting as they did four years ago with President Trumps pick